Insulated conductor support



March 8, 1938. M51555 2,110,607

INSULATED CONDUCTOR SUPPORT Filed Sept. 2, 1936 I n venlor .5001: HJVEJSsE Attorney Patented Mar.8,1938 I 2,110,607

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE INSULATED CONDUCTOR SUPPORT Louis A. Meisse, Mansfield, Ohio, assignor to The ()hle Brass Company, Mansfield, Ohio, a corporation of New Jersey Application September 2, 1936, Serial No. 99.1 3

1 Slaim. (Cl. 173--366) My invention relates to hangers of the insuparts adds materially to the strength of the delated type for supporting conductors in connecvice and establishes a factor of safety with retion with overhead trolley construction. spect to the load it is to support which is con- The object of my invention is to provide a siderably in excess of other hangers for the 5 hanger which will possess a higher insulating same purpose. 5

value between the conductor and the ground Through the use of the member 6 the insuand also to eliminate or greatly reduce the poslation is broken up into substantially the equivsibility of grounding the trolley wire in case of alent of the insulation for a double hanger, or dewirement of the current collector. in other words without materially increasing the 10 Other objects of my invention will be apparsize of the hanger over that of the ordinary 10 ent from the disclosure of my invention which type I am able to provide double insulation of follows. the highest efficiency and reliability. The in- My invention resides in the new and novel sulations I2 and I3 might be combined into a construction, combination and relation of the single unit of insulation without the intervening parts hereinafter described and shown in the aomember 6, but where the insulation is made '15 companying drawing. quite heavy it has been found in practice that In the drawing: there is greater liability for such increased thick- The figure shows an elevational view in partial ness not to perform as efliciently both electrically section of my invention. and mechanically as where it is broken up into In the preferred embodiment of my invention units. This lack of reliability is due to the dif- 20 I use a body member I which has a plate porficulty of properly heating the heavy mass of tion 2 and a depending inwardly projecting material and of the application of suflicient and flange 3 and a projecting boss 4 which may be uniform distribution of pressure upon the insuthreaded as at 5. lation to cause its proper flow with respect to I also use an intermediate member 6 in the the castings. 25 form of an inverted cup with reduced opening As pointed out, one of the features of my and a flange I projecting outwardly from the hanger is the projecting flange 8, and the interedge of the opening. The flange 1 is provided mediate inverted cup and flange I provide a very with a further projecting portion 8 which is of convenient and novel manner of supporting the greater diameter than the member I for the flange 8 relative to the hanger in a strong and 30 purpose of preventing a flying trolley pole from eflicient manner, and at the same time the insimultaneously contacting with the trolley wire verted cup and flange I act to break up the inand the member I which may be grounded. sulation into units, thus serving a double func- I also use the stud 9, the lower end III of which tion. is threaded for attachment to a trolley wire By paralleling the adjacent side surfaces of 35 support which may be of any desirable constructhe members I, 6 and 9, I am able to secure a tion. The stud 9 is also provided with a conically very high mechanical resistance to the separashaped head II, the side face of which is parallel tion of the parts under load and a relatively low with the inner side face of the intermediate stress per unit of area. member 6. In order to support the hanger from an over- 40 The outer side face of the member 6 is also head span wire, Imay employ the fitting I5 which parallel to the inner side face of the flange 3. has projecting arms with U-shaped grooves I6 at Interposed between the members I and 6 and each end opening in one direction and a groove between the members 6 and 9 is a composition II adjacent the center of the fitting opening in insulating material I2 and I3 respectively. The the opposite direction, and in these grooves the 45 plate portion 2 protects the insulation from span wire is positioned, as is Well known to those above. familiar with the art.

This insulation is positioned through the medi- The fltting I5 is secured to the hanger boss 4 um of proper dies and pressure and also the use by means of the threaded stud III which is shown of heat if required. In order to bind the parts as an integral part of the fitting I5. By back- 50 more securely together, I form spaced openings rotating the fitting I5 possibly one-half or one- II in the members I and 6 which are also filled quarter turn after it has been contacted with with composition which in turn forms an intethe end face of the boss 4, the hanger will then gral part of the composition layers I2 and I3. pivot about its vertical axis with respect to the The dove-tailed construction of the various fitting I5 and form what might be termed a 55 pivotal union between the hanger and fitting I5.

If it is desired to use the hanger proper in mine overhead construction, the fitting I5 would probably be eliminated and the hanger boss 4 attached directly to an overhead expansion bolt as is customary.

In connection with hangers of the presentday construction, especially of the round top type in which an outer metal shell forms an inverted cup and is filled with insulation from which a stud projects downwardly, if such hanger is attached to a grounded span wire then the lower edge of the inverted cup is also grounded and a flying trolley pole is very likely to simultaneously engage with the trolley wire and inverted cup thus producing a short circuit which is likely to cause considerable damage and especially is this true if the hanger is used in connection with trolley bus overhead construction in Which positive and negative conductors are supported from the same span wire within possibly 18" to 24" apart.

With my construction, as previously stated, the trolley pole may simultaneously contact with the trolley wire and the flange 8 of the intermediate shell 6 without causing any short circuit as the shell 6 would still be insulated from the span wire which might be grounded.

While auxiliary insulation may be used in connection with the overhead span wire, still if it is not used, my hanger provides double insula-- tion to ground and protection against ground ing through a flying trolley pole all without unduly increasing the size of the hanger over that of the standard single insulation types now on the market.

Modifications will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art based upon my disclosure and, therefore, I wish to be limited only by my claim.

I claim:

An insulated hanger comprising a body member of metal having a side wall forming an inverted hollow frustum of a cone with the small end open and the large end closed by a platelike part projecting beyond the side wall and forming a flange about the large end of the wall, the body member provided with means whereby attachment may be made thereto in order to support the hanger, a second body member of metal having a side wall forming an inverted hollow frustum of a cone with the small end open and the large end closed by a plate-like part and a flange surrounding the open end of the conical part and projecting outwardly beyond the conical part of the said first body member to protect the hanger against flying trolley poles, the conical part of the second body member being positioned in the conical part of the first body member, the side walls of the members sloping uniformly and the said second body member spaced. from the said first body member, a stud having a conical shaped head positioned within the con ical part of the said second body member and having a stem projecting from the hanger with means to secure thereto a trolley wire support, openings through the conical part of the said first body member and other openings through the plate-like closing part of the second body member and an insulating material moulded in position between the body members and stud and extending through the said openings to hold the parts in insulated position relative to each other and against separation, the insulation extending between the said flanges being exposed but protected from flying trolley poles by the said flange on the said second body member, the insulation also covering a portion of the lower face of the last mentioned flange.

LOUIS A. MEISSE. 

